Unit-A-French-Fourth习题答案综合教程四
Unit 6 A French Fourth
Key to the Exercis
Text Comprehension
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I. Decide which of the following best states the author's purpo of writing.
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Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or fal. II.
T (Refer to Paragraph 2. People don't have barbecues in Paris apartments, and most 1. their of outward signs have ttled here suppress such Americans other I know who heritage)
have they mostly something so American history is T 2. (Refer to Paragraph 3. ... learned -- or haven't learned -- from their parents.)
案例学of dark side to completely conceal the (Refer to Paragraph 4. They do not try 3. F American society but try to keep their children from such follies of American society as school shootings.)芜湖美食
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T (Refer to Paragraph 11.) 4.
F (Refer to Paragraph 12. Globalization is both beneficial and detrimental. It helps to 5. blur the clear-cut divide between cultures on the one hand but makes children less than fully immerd in a foreign world on the other.)
nswer the following questions.
如何插入分页符AIII.
Refer to Paragraph 1. For one thing, hanging out the American flag is the only thing 1. he can do in Paris to celebrate Independence Day, which is part of his national heritage. American about teach his children to u this opportunity to wants For another, he history and as a reminder of their American identity.
have becau up they children ldom mix languages Paragraph 2. Refer to 4. The their communication with school and English through acquired French at
English-speaking parents. And they em to know when to u which.
Refer to Paragraphs 4 and 8. The benefits of raising children in a foreign culture, as 3. away staying culture and language suggests, include acquiring a foreign and the writer from the follies of the native culture.
河北教师教育网登录入口Refer to Paragraph 12. Globalization is like a double-edged sword to the growth of 4. children in a foreign culture. On the one hand, it helps to reduce the differences between spiritual and facilitates the physical native foreign the culture and the culture, and more it unfortunately hand, the culture. the re-entry into native On other it makes difficult than ever for children to be fully immerd in the foreign culture.
IV. Explain in your own words the following ntences.
1. July 4 is one of the times I, as a native American, feel instinctively uneasy about the gr
eat gaps in our children's understanding of their American identity, and thus I am motivated to do something to fill the gaps.
2. And living away from our native country does not matter much (in our children's acquisition of our native language).
3. In the days when I lived in France as an expatriated child, French children were dresd in the unique French style, thus looking quite different from their counterparts in other countries.
4. Full immersion in a truly foreign world no longer ems possible in Western countries, and I think this is a deplorable impact of globalization upon the growth of children in a foreign country.
Structural Analysis
The author follows a specific-to-general pattern in his discussion, i.e. he first talks
about what it means to his children to hang out the national flag of their native land in a foreign country on July 4 every year and then express his view on the importance for expatriated people in general to keep their cultural identity, especially when the whole world is undergoing a process of globalization. The specific points can be found in his discussion of the costs and benefits of raising children in a foreign culture in Paragraphs 4-9 while the general conclusion can be found in Paragraphs 10-12, especially Paragraph 12.
Rhetorical Features
I've never en anyone look up, but in my mind's eye an American tourist may notice it and smile, and a French pasrby may be reminded of the date and the occasion that prompts its appearance. The function of but here is to express the author's wish that American tourists may notice the flag and be reminded of their national identity.
The particular narratives of American history aside, American culture is not theirs
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alone but that of their French classmates, too. The music they listen to is either American or European, but it is often hard to tell the difference. In my day little
French kids looked like nothing other than little French kids; but Loui and Henry and their classmates dress much as their peers in the United States do, though with perhaps less Lands' End fleeciness. The function of the three buts here is to show the diminishing difference between American culture and European culture.
On the other hand, they are less than fully immerd in a truly foreign world. The function of on the other hand here is to tell the reader the possible disadvantage if the existing cultural differences all disappear as a conquence of the on-going globalization.
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